Lim & Trachtman: The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law

C.L. Lim (Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong - Law) & Joel Trachtman (Tufts Univ. - Fletcher School) have published The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the absract:

The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law offers expert but compact discussion of the diverse perspectives, enduring issues, and emergent challenges in the field. This volume offers a lively and thorough overview of the subject in all its dimensions. It takes stock of the state of the field of trade law without allowing current events to dominate key debates. It is intended to be appreciated not only by a legal audience as a collection of concise yet thoughtful reflective pieces, but also by readers across the fields of business, economics, finance, sociology, diplomacy, and international relations who may have no specialist trade law knowledge. It will appeal not only to the novice but also to the seasoned trade law expert who might wish to have at hand a single-volume compendium of current expert analysis across the different dimensions of trade law.

New Issue: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

The latest issue of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Vol. 26, no. 2, June 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Simon Beaudoin, Peter Dauvergne, Annie Chaloux, Elena Álvarez Blanes, Laura Fequino & Yves Tiberghien, International biodiversity negotiations: Assessing the outcomes and implications of COP 16
• Jinpeng Wang & Xiaoyi Ma, Evaluating legal mechanisms for combating plastic pollution in the Arctic ocean: challenges and future directions
• Kayla Morton, How domestic political context shapes the topics in UNFCCC conference of the parties decisions, 1995–2023
• Aylin Javadi, Ostrom’s framework for exploring participation dynamics within the international climate regime
• Mulatu Tilahun Debel & Feng Wang, The relationship between green aid and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in ethiopia: potential implications for sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• Zoe H. Rosenblum, Assessing the governance of transboundary freshwater wetlands
• Cansu Güleç & Ayşegül Kibaroğlu, A discourse analysis of bilateral water agreements between Türkiye and Iraq: legal instruments of water diplomacy in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin
• Tobias Böhmelt, Dynamic environmental agreements and lower income countries
• Massimiliano Agovino, Maria D’Avino, Aniello Ferraro & Katia Marchesano, Structural constraints and environmental convergence: multilevel governance and CO₂ reduction in Italian provinces
• Xiuyun Yang, Muhammad Nouman Shafiq, & Seemab Gillani, Towards sustainable development: the synergistic impact of economic complexity, environmental regulation, and renewable energy on environmental performance in G20 economies
• Xin Li & Yu Liu, Environmental securitisation in India and China

Inaugural Volume: Arab Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

The inaugural volume of the Arab Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (Vol. 1, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Mohamed Helal, Interview with His Excellency Mahmoud Hmoud, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations
• Ciara Hogan, All States Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others: a TWAIL Critique of US Foreign Policy Practices and Associated ‘Double Standards’ in the Law Governing the Use of Force
• John B. Quigley, International Law in Arab Diplomacy over Palestine, 1919–1948
• Diora Ziyaeva & Zyad Loutfi, A Swift Unravelling of the Crypto Ecosystem under International Investment Law
• Sameh Shoukry, CoP27: Advancing Climate Justice through the UNFCCC Process
• Ginevra Le Moli, Loss and Damage of Climate Change: Recognition, Obligation and Legal Consequences
• Damilola S. Olawuyi & Amna Zaman, Climate Solidarity in Arab States: Legal Challenges and Emerging Solutions

Rosen: Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror

Brianna Rosen (Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy) has published Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Nearly a quarter century after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S.-led war on terror remains a defining force shaping international law, human rights, and global security. While major combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have formally ended, the long-anticipated shift from a war paradigm to a law enforcement approach has yet to materialize. Instead, U.S. and allied counterterrorism activities persist worldwide, raising urgent questions about the role of law in enabling and sustaining armed conflict.

Perpetual War and International Law brings together leading experts to confront the enduring legacies of the post-9/11 era and explore viable alternatives to the use of force. The volume traces how legal and policy frameworks have served to legitimize military action, eroding the boundary between war and peace. Contributors challenge prevailing interpretations of international law in an age of endless war and unconventional threats.

Drawing on insights from law, ethics, and security studies, the volume critically examines how legal and normative precedents established during the war on terror continue to shape contemporary conflicts. It offers bold pathways for shifting from a global order rooted in force to one grounded in restraint and the rule of law. Perpetual War and International Law is a vital intervention, inviting readers to reimagine how international law can constrain violence in an increasingly conflict-ridden world.

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 15, nos. 3-4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Alternative Fuels for Shipping Decarbonization
• Beatriz Martinez Romera, David Freestone, & Tara Davenport, Introduction: Legal Aspects of the Decarbonization of Shipping and Alternative Fuels
• Michael Tsimplis, Decarbonization Frameworks for Shipping: Taxing Carbon Emissions and Contribution to Loss and Damage
• Goran Dominioni, Revenue Distribution in the IMO Net-Zero Framework: Alternative Fuels and the Just and Equitable Energy Transition of Shipping
• Pia Teresé Rebelo, A Maritime Book-and-Claim Compliance Pathway for the IMO Net-Zero Framework
• Hannah Claudia Mosmans, Jolien Kruit, Frank Smeele, & Albert Veenstra, New Regimes Concerning Liability and Compensation for Incidents Involving Alternative Fuels in Shipping: Lessons Learned
• Zeynab Malakouti & Mohammad Hazrati, Decarbonizing Shipping: Does the EU-ETS Ensure a Just Transition?
• Kelsey Pailman, Regulating Hydrogen-Based Fuels in the EU Maritime Sector
• Denise Cheong & S. Nivedita, Floating Nuclear Power Plants: Governing the Dicephalus Beast
• Michaela Agtarap & Mary Grace Velasco, Assessing the Capability of Philippine Shipyards in Alternative Fuel Engine Retrofitting: A Guide for Policy Formulation
• Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer, Mitigating Arctic Maritime Black Carbon Emissions Through Fuel-Based Regulation: A Critical Appraisal

Klein, Purcell, & McNally: Submarines in International Law

Natalie Klein (Univ. of New South Wales - Law), Kate Purcell (Univ. of New South Wales - Law), & Jack McNally (Univ. of New South Wales - Law) have published Submarines in International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Submarines in International Law is the first book to explore both the legal history and the contemporary regulation of submarine operations in varied areas of international law. The analysis demonstrates the instances where submarines influenced the development of the law of the sea and the law of armed conflict, as well as highlighting where international law needs to give greater account for submarines in existing bodies of law-including international marine environmental law, the law on the use of force, navigational safety rules, transnational criminal law and international cultural heritage law. Submarine operations range from military and defence uses, to supporting research and commercial seabed industries, to ocean tourism and smuggling of illicit goods. International law regulates all these activities to varying degrees. While submarines may strive to be evasive objects in the ocean, this book demonstrates why they cannot and should not elude the reach of international law.

Kari: The Classical Doctrine of Civil War in International Law

Ville Kari (Tilburg Univ. - Law) has published The Classical Doctrine of Civil War in International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

In the classical law of nations there was a doctrine of civil war. This book sets out to recover the forgotten legal tradition that shaped the modern world from 1575-1975. The result is an autonomous reassessment of four hundred years of the law of insurgencies and revolutions, both in state practice and in legal scholarship. Its journey through centuries of rebellion and the rule of law touches some of the most basic questions of international law across ages. What does it mean to stand among the nations of the world? Who should be welcomed among the subjects of international law, who should not, and who should decide? Its findings not only help make the classical doctrine understandable again, but also offer potential new insights for present-day lawyers about the origins, aspirations and vulnerabilities of the legal tradition with which they work today.

Brudney & Bellace: The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization

James J. Brudney (Fordham Univ. - Law) & Janice R. Bellace (Univ. of Pennsylvania - Wharton School) have published The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This comprehensive book analyzes the laws and practices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), addressing the distinctive role of tripartism within the ILO governance structure since 1919, and analyzing the organization’s contributions to the protection and promotion of workers’ rights on a global scale.

Contributors explore a breadth of issues crucial to the ILO’s objective of achieving decent work in collaboration with governments, workers, and employers. Topics covered include application of the ILO’s ‘fundamental principles’ covering freedom of association, equality, safety and health, and the prevention of forced labour and child labour. In addition, the book addresses provision of social security benefits, the development of effective employment policies, the implementation of functional labour inspection, and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ voices. Chapters also present a granular analysis of the ILO supervisory system, outlining the value and limits of the organization’s soft power. The Companion envisions the ILO’s future, highlighting the obstacles that prevent secure worker rights and protections in both the informal and digital economies, as well as the impact of ILO conventions on trade agreements.

Bicknell: Quelling Insurrection: Lethal Force, Human Rights and the Laws of War

David Bicknell (King’s College London) has published Quelling Insurrection: Lethal Force, Human Rights and the Laws of War (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book re-examines the origins and development of the laws of war and human rights law and exposes an overlooked provision of the European Convention on Human Rights which permits the use of lethal force where absolutely necessary to quell an insurrection.

When civilian casualties occur in internal armed conflicts, questions are asked about how civilians can be better protected against the use of force by armed insurgents and state security forces. The laws of war include protection against the targeting of civilians but permit the use of force based on 'military necessity' and allow 'proportionate' civilian casualties. Where those laws do not apply, the use of force is generally seen as being limited to self–defence. This creates paradigms of armed conflict and law–enforcement with very different rules. The paradigms are then treated by governments and other actors as being separate and divided by a threshold of violence, when, in practice, they overlap, both in the conduct of military operations and, this book argues, as a matter of law.

Revisiting the law provides the opportunity to reassess the benefits and risks of the existing paradigms and consider how applying the provision permitting the use of lethal force in quelling an insurrection would affect them. The book concludes that it offers a middle way based on the existing law, but it requires wider recognition and development in order to achieve a more appropriate balance between human rights and collective security.

Anggadi: Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones

Frances Anggadi (Univ. of Wollongong - Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security) has published Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones (Oxford Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a State's maritime zones and the rights they confer are tied to its land territory. As climate change accelerates coastal erosion and inundation, traditional assumptions suggest these entitlements could shrink or disappear, with profound implications for access to marine resources. Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones explores the development of a new legal perspective that supports the preservation of maritime zones despite rising sea levels.

This book advances a contemporary interpretation of UNCLOS, drawing on a broad spectrum of state practice as reflected in international declarations and domestic legislation. Through systematic analysis of this evidence within the framework of treaty interpretation, Frances Anggadi consolidates the doctrinal basis for the view that the preservation of maritime zones may be achieved through interpreting existing provisions of UNCLOS, rather than requiring a treaty amendment.

As the first comprehensive work to conceptualize this emerging perspective, it offers a clear and principled framework for safeguarding maritime zones, demonstrating how international law can evolve to address global environmental challenges.

Ikonomou, van Leeuwen, & Rasmussen: The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law

Haakon A. Ikonomou (Univ. of Copenhagen), Karin van Leeuwen (Maastricht Univ.), & Morten Rasmussen (Univ. of Copenhagen) have published The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law (Cambridge Univ. Press 2026). Here's the abstract:

Established in the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations fundamentally transformed international politics, global governance and multilateral cooperation in a multitude of fields from the economy, labour and social affairs to colonial, minority and security questions. This Handbook analyses the central role of law in the construction of a new international order under the League of Nations. Drawing from innovative research of recent years that analyses the League of Nations through the prism of ultimate success and failure, it offers twenty-one rich chapters that showcase an interdisciplinary, contextual and archive-based approach with brand new and unexplored case studies that address key topics of the legal history of the League, the International Labour Organization and the Permanent Court of International Justice. Finally, it offers a new historical synthesis of how to understand the role of international law in international organizations during the interwar period.

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 17, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Jane McAdam & Thomas Mulder, A Last Resort? Reframing Evacuations as an Anticipatory Disaster Risk Management Strategy
• Matthias Vanhullebusch, The Case for a Prohibition on Arbitrary Denial of Humanitarian Relief in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Prospects, Challenges and Ways Ahead
• Giulia Bosi, The Protection of Mental Health under International Humanitarian Law
• Rohit Gupta, Forgotten Blind Spots of Jus in Bello: The 1972 World Heritage Convention and the Natural Environment as ‘Cultural Heritage’
• Joshua F. Berry & Hitoshi Nasu, Wartime Imagery and the Standard of Care in the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
• Emanuela Merck Giuliani, The European Union’s International Obligations Regarding Trade with Occupied Territories: A Case Study of Western Sahara Litigation Before the cjeu